Railway tie and rail chair therefor



March 20, 1928.

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Patented Mar. 20, 1928i.

UNITED STATES! 1,663,422;L i i WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, OF VXVIU'NSON, FLORIDA.

RIAILW'AY TIE AND RAIL CHAIR THEREFGR.

Application filed SeptemberV 5, 1925. Serial No. 54,747.

The invention has for one of its objects the provision of a novel and simple rail chair which is especially adapted for use in connection with concrete ties for the purpose of supporting the rails out of contact therewith, whereby to prevent the rails from cutting or otherwise injuring the tie during the passage of a train.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a rail chair which is especially adapted for use in connection with the concrete tie forming the subject mattei' of my U. S. Letters Patent, No. 1,466,003, granted Aug. 28, 1928, and which is adapted to be readily secured to the longitudinal reinforcing plates of said tie.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illust-rated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the application of rail chairs embodying my invention to a reinforced concrete tie;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 25-2 of Figure 1; f

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3--3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a detail perspective'view of one of the rail chairs. Y

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description. and desig-v nated in the several views of the drawing by like reference characters.

The tie comprises a body 1 of concrete or other .suitable plastic material, and an embedded metal reinforcement which consists of longitudinal plates 2, transverse end in.

termediate plates 3, intermediate transverse tie rods 4, and transverse anchoring cross rods 5. Vertically disposed tubes 6 are embedded in the body 1 and provide passages for bolts 7 The rails 8 are secured to the tie through the instrumentality of clips 9 which are secured to certain of the bolts 7 Rail braces 10 are secured to the tie by the remainder of the bolts 7 and these braces engage the sides of the rails beneath the heads thereof.

The tie thus far described is similar to the one forming the subject matter of my aforesaid Letters Patent.

In accordance with the present invention the rails 8 are supported out of direct contact with the body 1 of the tie by chairs 11. The chairs 11 are of inverted U-form, and the crossmembers 12 thereof extend transversely of the body 1 of the tie. These parts have a width corresponding to or greater than the corresponding dimension of the base flanges of the rails 8 and .are shorter than the transverse dimension of the body 1. At the ends of the chair members 12, the upper side of the bod 1 slopes downwardly and laterally as in icated at 13 in order to prevent the rails from contacting with any part of the body. The side members 14 of the rail chairs 11 extend downwardly into the body 1, and are provided in their inner or opposing sides and adjacent their lower ends with recesses or rabbets 15 for the reception of the upper portions of the reinforcing plates 2. VThe chairs 11 are secured to the plates 2 by bolts 16. The horizontal portions of the recesses 15 of the 'side members 14 of the rail chairs 11 rest directly upon the upper edges of t-he reinforcing plates 2, and owing there to the rail chairs cannot have any downward movement with respect to the body 1.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be understood that the rail chairs 11 function to prevent the rails from damaging the tie during the passage of the train, that the rail chairs are firmly anchored in the tie, ,and that the rail chairs will add but little cost to the tie. It will further be understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made therein when desired as are within the scope of the invention as claimed. What is claimed is:

A rail tie comprising a concrete body, reenforcing plates located in and extending llong itudinally of the body, members connecting the plates and anchoring them in the body, rail chairs of inverted U-form having their cross members extending transversely than the transverse dimension of the body and the upper side of the body inolining downwardly and outwardly from the ends of said members, and attaching elementsen gaging said side members and reenforcing plates.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature.

WILLIAM C. TEMPLE. 

